Marcia Gay Harden
61) American gun
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Seemingly disparate portraits of people. Among them a single mother, a high school principal, and an ace student. Distinctly American, all are affected by the proliferation of guns in American society.
62) Hill towns
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Hill Towns is a classic novel of remarkable emotional power, insight, and sensitivity from Anne Rivers Siddons, whose books live on the New York Times bestseller list and in the hearts of millions of her adoring fans. One of the acknowledged masters of contemporary Southern fiction-the author of such phenomenally popular works as Nora, Nora; Outer Banks, Islands; and Sweetwater Creek-Siddons carries the reader from the mountains of Tennessee to the...
63) Home
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Inga is a poet. She wants to buy and restore a house she is drawn to that reminds her of her childhood home, but her distant husband Hermann sees little value in it or many of the things Inga loves. Her crumbling marrigae is a stark contrast to the relationship that she shares with her 8-year-old daughter, with whom she shares her hopes, fears and inner-most thoughts following her recovery from breast cancer. By day their lives seem magical, but at...
64) Fever
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When Ray Wellman gets out of jail on parole, his only thought is to find his ex-lover Lacy who is now with lawyer Elliott. Before either one can win her, Lacy is kidnapped, and to get her back Ray has to break parole and commit three crimes.
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"The Los Angeles County Hospital emergency room and the residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish (Marcia Gay Harden) cope with a staggering number of patients daily. Known for her high-risk procedures in the trauma area she leads the residents to successfully save patients battling the most tragic circumstances - all with the help of Dr. Ethan Willis (Rob Lowe), Jesse Sallander (Luis Guzman), and Will Campbell (Boris Kodjoe)." -- container
67) Flubber
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Brilliant but befuddled Professor Phillip Brainard is on the brink of inventing a revolutionary energy source and missing his wedding for the third time! He develops a miraculous elastic goo flubber that enables anything its applied to, to bounce super high and fast.
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"James quits his job and finally follows his dream. A great play inspires him to go on a journey of self-discovery, which leads him to Spain. There, James meets beautiful Veronica as well as a playwright who changes his life. Quickly, James gets tangled in a web of desire, love, and broken trust"--Container.
69) The dead girl
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The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seven seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.
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Percy Talbot, a young woman who has just been released from prison after serving five years for manslaughter, decides to move to the small town of Gilead, Maine for a fresh start. Percy takes a job at the Spitfire Grill, the only restaurant in a town suspicious of outsiders, where she slowly gains the trust of [most of] the townspeople, finding acceptance and redemption.
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"Precocious yet vulnerable teenager James... has a deep appreciation for the world, but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents..., nor his twenty-year-old memoir-writing sister ..., James decides to reject the assumptions that govern the adult world, starting with his potential college career. Grappling with his future, his sexuality, and his screwed up family, James embarks on a search for wisdom through nontraditional...
74) Sinatra
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Through the years, Frank Sinatra did it his way. To set the record straight, he collaborated in the making of this movie of his life, featuring his own vocals and some astonishing personal revelations. It covers more than 50 years, beginning with a spirited boyhood in Hoboken and ending with the 1974 return from retirement of the man whose voice captivates generations. More than two dozen Sinatra standards grace this production, and most are from...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame volume 57
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Vicki Miller (Marcia Gay Harden) is a writer who has cut herself off from her dysfunctional family. Her life drastically changes when one night, her 16-year-old nephew Bobby (Taylor Handley) shows up unannounced on her doorstep. He looks tired and depressed, and when Vicki realizes that he's run away, she takes him in. From that point on, Vicki is bound to Bobby. This story tells the tale of two people trying to find themselves and make their way...
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The Bad News Bears (1976): Former minor leaguer Morris Buttermaker is a lazy, beer swilling swimming pool cleaner who takes money to coach the Bears, a bunch of disheveled misfits who have virtually no baseball talent. Realizing his dilemma, Coach Buttermaker brings aboard girl pitching ace Amanda Whurlitzer, the daughter of a former girlfriend, and Kelly Leak, a motorcycle punk who happens to be the best player around. Brimming with confidence, the...
77) Bad News Bears
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A grizzled former minor league baseball player is recruited to coach a woefully inept Little League team to a championship against their hated rivals, the Yankees.
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"How did one woman save 2500 children? Based on the remarkable true story of World War II hero Irena Sendler, who rescued over 2,500 Jewish children during the German occupation of Poland. As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic...
79) King of Texas
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An aging cattle baron's plan to divide his vast spread among his three daughters ignites a sibling blood feud in this volatile Wild West retelling of Shakespeare's "King Lear."
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Fight club: A man sets up a fight club in which young men are paired off in bloody no-holds-barred bouts until one drops.
The usual suspects: A $91 million cocaine heist. A devastating boat explosion. Two survivors. U.S. Customs special agent David Kujan is determined to find out who and what's behind the melee. As he pieces together clues with the help of a half-charred...